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Eva Mendes Latina September 2016

On her collaboration with New York & Company: "Part of the collaboration between NY & Co. and myself was making sure that we included that we included a range of sizes. And New York & Co. already does that, and I just loved it. I was like, ‘We have to make sure that we give women choices. And I don’t mean up to size 12.’"

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Eva Mendes Latina September 2016

On her love of thrifting and collecting paintings: "I collect all these paintings of women, specifically. And again, the cheaper, the better. But as far as clothes, I’m attracted to them by color at first. That’s why I don’t like what they do now [at thrift shops], where they organize clothes by all the same colors and all the same things? That kind of throws me off, and it looks great. But as far as I want to look through."

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Eva Mendes Latina September 2016

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Eva Mendes Latina September 2016

On what feminism means to her: "I think, for me, true feminism lies in supporting one another, whatever we may want to do. Like I was talking about before, I have a really strong support system made up of these amazing women and we just love each other and support each other. And I try to do that as much as possible out there. I recently started an Instagram account, and I’m not really a person who enjoys being on social media. But what really inspires me, or what makes me excited to post something, is when it’s about another woman. A lot of the photos you’ll find that I post are women wearing our collection, dresses from our collection, or it may be an actress."

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Eva Mendes Latina September 2016

On people thinking she’s Persian: "I love it. I actually grew up, well the second half of my life, in Silver Lake. And when my mom moved us when I was like 12, so until I left the house at 22 I was in Glendale, and I grew up in an Armenian community. So I really identified with the Armenian community."